Slipper with removable counter.



HALE. SLIPPER WITH REMOVABLE COUNTER.

APPLICATION I'ILED SEPT. 25, 1911.

Patented May 21, 1912.

COLUMIIA' PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON. a. c.

ARTHUR HALE,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SLIPPER WITH REMOVABLE COUNTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed september 25, 1911.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Serial No. 651,243.

T0-aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR HALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slippers with Removable Counters; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' This invention relates to sanitary foot wear, and especially to slippers, and has for its object to provide a foot covering in which the counters or the middle sole, or both may be readily removable in order that the other portions of the shoe or slipper may be washed when desired. I

To these ends the invention consists in the novel details of construction, and combinations of. parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all of the views :Figure l is a perspective view of a foot covering, made 1n accordance with iny'invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional plan view of a portion of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

1 represents the upper of the foot covering or slipper, 2 the inner sole thereof, and 3, the outer sole. The inner and outer soles are secured together along their edges as by stitching 4, Fig. 1, leaving a pocket between Copies of this patent may be obtained for the same.- The inner sole 2 is further provided with a slit or opening 5 preferably near the heel portion in order that a stifiening member or middle sole 6 may be readily inserted into and withdrawn from the pocket between the inner and outer soles. The slipper is further provided with a counter portion 7, composed of an inner wall 8 and an outer wall 9, providing a pocket between the same for the reception of a'stifi'ening counter-member 10, as shown. The said -walls 8 and 9 are secured together along their edges by any suitable means, as by the stitching '16, best illustrated in Fig. 1. 'The inner wall 8, of the counter portion 7 is likewise provided with an opening or slit 11, through which the counter member 10 may be readily inserted into the pocket between the walls 8 and 9, and may be as readily withdrawn when it is desired to wash the parts.

13 represents any suitable border for the foot covering, and the parts may be made of any suitable material, but a washable fabric is preferred. When it is desired to wash the parts, the stiffening member 6 or middle sole is readily withdrawn through the slit 5, and the stiffening counter member 10 is readily withdrawn through the slit or opening 11, whereupon the upper and other portions of the slipper may be readily washed, dried, and thejstiflening members reinserted.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invent-ion, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

What I claim is 1. A foot covering provided with a counter portion having inner and outer walls secured together to form a pocket, and one of said walls providing an opening into said pocket through which a stiffening member -may be readily inserted and withdrawn,

substantially as described. I 2. A. foot covering provided with a counter portion having inner and outer walls secured together and forming an open mouth pocket; and a st-iifening member lo cated in. said pocket, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signafive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

